To All CD ADMINS's

[Mike Schreiber]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

IMO, the simple thing to do would be to just require moderator approval of the first 3-5 posts of any new member like many other forums do. It would mean people wouldn't have to report spambots anymore and their posts would never show up to the general public.

I really dislike this idea. If a person new to FIRST has a question this is the easiest place to go to get it answered quickly and having to await approval for a post to go up creates a barrier to entry (whether it be 30 seconds that it takes for approval or 2 hours) If I see "Your post is awaiting approval from an administrator" after I make an account on that site I get pretty annoyed.

[joelg236]

Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19

I really dislike this idea. If a person new to FIRST has a question this is the easiest place to go to get it answered quickly and having to await approval for a post to go up creates a barrier to entry (whether it be 30 seconds that it takes for approval or 2 hours) If I see "Your post is awaiting approval from an administrator" after I make an account on that site I get pretty annoyed.

Exactly. Although it technically would solve the problem, it certainly creates a lot of harm. Our rookies often get turned off by the "wait 24 hours" rule anyways. Most of them make an account and never check it again because they completely forget after posting and waiting.